Talk:UK Society of Homeopaths membership database, 2009

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I don't think whether homeopathy "works" or not is relevant to the alleged intimidation in this article. I happen to think it does work under under certain circumstances while at the same time I deplore any intimidation by anyone of opposing viewpoints.

UK Society of Homeopaths membership database, 2009

There is definitely something to it.

Recently there was medical research published in the Lancet journal(!), which concluded homeopathy works measurably better than placebo. Nobody knows how it works, the experiment ruled out psychological factors, but the often alleged theory about long-term quantum memory effects in water are highly dubious according to well-established physics theories. The phenomenon certainly deserves further scientific study.

If there was no bneficial effect, homeopathy would have disappeared over 300 years ago, just like nobody tries to boil gold from lead in a cauldron nowadays, because alchemy simply never worked. Apparently homeopathy does work for some people, because vendors are still able to sell their products year after year. 1.0.22.53 19:53, 24 November 2009 (GMT)

To criticise something in ignorance is a sad and dangerous act

There are many things in life which we do not have personal experience of and so to be critical and dismissive of them all would rule out over 99% of human activity for each one of us, as we all live in our own world of limitations.
Homeopathy is a valid form of medicine. I have personally experienced it works and have seen it work on numerous humans and animals. Additionally, there are aspects of human 'illness', where homeopathy can help which medical drugs either do not help or have not been 'invented' yet to help, such as shock, grief etc.
In the late 19th century, homeopathy was one of the most popular forms of medicine in USA, and its reputation was deliberately derailed by the advent and advertising techniques of the drug companies in the form of the Medical associations. In the UK the Royal family have traditionally used homeopathic medicine and gave the royal seal of approval to Nelsons, the homeopathic medicine manufacturers.

Not the issue

Whether it works or not is not the focus here. It is because the society has repeatedly tried to censor and issue legal threats to stop criticism of its practice which has led to this reveal. For example, there are plenty of people who freely criticise and debate the value of real medicine, herbal medicine etc... the difference here is that Homeopaths don't want that discussion... kind of like Scientology.